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Songs, Ballads, and Other Poems

by the late Thomas Haynes Bayly; Edited by his Widow. With A Memoir of the Author. In Two Volumes
Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)

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VOL I.
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[VOLUME TWO]
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POEMS.
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FASHIONABLE ECLOGUES.
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LUNATIC LAYS.
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WEEDS OF WITCHERY.
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SEASONABLE DITTIES.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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SONGS AND BALLADS.
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POEMS AND SONGS.
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SONGS OF THE DAYS OF CHIVALRY.
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THE WREATH.
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REPEAT AGAIN.

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(Duet composed by Sir John Stevenson.)

I

Repeat again—repeat that song,
For feelings that have slumber'd long
Revive again;
The thoughtless smiles of thoughtless years
Dispel awhile the sighs, and tears
Of present pain:
Oh, what a host of pleaures gone
Come to our thoughts with each soft tone!
Departed friends seem smiling near,
As gay as when we used to hear
That merry strain!
“Such thoughts are as light as the foam of the sea,
Or bubbles that shine for a minute;
Though bubbles on water insipid may be,
Each wine bubble has spirit in it!”
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Yes—'tis the song: but where, oh! where
Are those we loved—the young, the fair,
With hearts so light?
We view them, when from former years
Time's veil of shadows disappears,
And all is bright!
Yes, 'mid the gloom which fortune brings,
Some trifle thus gives memory wings;
A tune will waft us far away
To some departed happy day,
Or happy night!
“Such thoughts are as light as the foam of the sea,
Or bubbles that shine for a minute;
Though bubbles on water insipid may be,
Each wine bubble has spirit in it!”
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